Eder, J. M.

THE CHEMICAL EFFECT OF THE SPECTRUM: translated and edited BY CAPTAIN W. DE W. ABNEY.

New York: Scovill Manufacturing Co., 1884. First U.S. edition. 8vo., iv, 86 pp., 6 pp., 1 b&w engraving. Original text block and endpapers recased into flexible grained leather with gilt titling, a.e.g. Fine and bright. Item #25933

Eder discovered first the optical sensitizers used in gelatin emulsions (1871) which later made possible not only panchromatic coatings but the entire field of color photography. This manual contains a detailed study of the action of light on silver halides, dyed films, metallic and organic compounds, plant and animal life, etc.

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